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Psalms 21

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  A thanksgiving for victory;
7  with confidence of further success.
Verse 1

The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
(Title
&) A psalm. This is the people's [epinikion] or song of triumph, after the victory for which they prayed in the former Psalm.
The king
2:6, 20:6,9, 63:11, 72:1,2, Isaiah 9:6,7, Matthew 2:2
joy
28:7, 62:7, 95:1, 99:4
in thy
20:5, 71:17-24, 118:14,15, Hebrews 12:2
Verse 2

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
2:8,9, 20:4,5, 92:11, Isaiah 49:6-12, Hebrews 7:25
Verse 3

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
preventest
18:18, 1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 2:4, 5:3, Job 41:11, Romans 11:35
blessings
31:19, 2 Chronicles 6:41, Romans 2:4, Ephesians 1:3
settest
2 Samuel 12:30, 1 Chronicles 20:2, Hebrews 2:9, Revelation 19:12
Verse 4

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
asked
13:3, 16:10,11, 61:5,6, 119:77,175
length
72:17, 89:29,36,37, 91:16, Revelation 1:18
Verse 5

His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
glory
3:3, 62:7, 2 Samuel 7:8,9,19, Isaiah 49:5-7, 63:1, John 13:31,32, 17:1,5,22, Philippians 2:9-11, Hebrews 8:1, Revelation 5:8-13
honour
110:1, 1 Chronicles 17:11-15,27, Matthew 28:18, Ephesians 1:20-22, 1 Peter 3:22
Verse 6

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
made
Heb. set him to be blessings.
72:17-19, Genesis 12:2, Luke 2:10,11,30-32, Acts 3:26, Galatians 3:9,14, Ephesians 1:3
made him exceeding glad
Heb. gladdened him with joy.
4:6,7, 16:11, 45:7, 63:2-5, Acts 2:28
Verse 7

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
For the
13:5, 18:2, 20:7,8, 26:1, 61:4,6,7, 91:2,9,10, 1 Samuel 30:6, Matthew 27:43, Hebrews 2:13
most
9:2, Deuteronomy 32:8,9
he shall
16:8, Daniel 7:14
Verse 8

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
2:9, 18:1; *title; 72:9, 89:22,23, 110:1,2, 1 Samuel 25:29, 31:3, 2 Samuel 7:1, Amos 9:2,3, Luke 19:14,27, 1 Corinthians 15:25, Hebrews 10:28,29, Revelation 19:15
Verse 9

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Thou
Genesis 19:28, Daniel 3:20-22, Malachi 4:1, Matthew 13:42,50, 25:41,46, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Revelation 20:14
the Lord
56:1,2, 106:17, Job 6:3, Lamentations 2:2
in his
2:5,12, Matthew 22:7, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, Revelation 6:16,17, 19:15
the fire
18:8, Deuteronomy 32:22, Isaiah 26:11, Nahum 1:6, Matthew 3:10,12
Verse 10

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
37:28, 109:13, 1 Kings 13:34, Job 18:16-19, 20:28, Isaiah 14:20, Malachi 4:1
Verse 11

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
imagined
2:1, 10:2, 31:13, 35:20, Jeremiah 11:18,19, Ezekiel 11:2, Matthew 21:46, 26:4,5, Acts 5:27,28
are not
83:4, Isaiah 7:6,7, 8:9,10, Matthew 2:8,16, 27:63,64, 28:2-6, Acts 4:17,18
Verse 12

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Therefore
9:3, 44:10, 56:9
make, etc
or, set them as a butt.
Job 7:20, 16:12,13, Lamentations 3:12
back
Heb. shoulder. thou shalt.
7:13, 18:14, 64:7
Verse 13

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Be thou
18:46, 46:10, 57:5,11, 72:18,19, 113:5; *marg:; 1 Chronicles 29:11, Job 9:19, Matthew 6:10,13, Revelation 11:17
so will
58:10,11, Revelation 15:3,4, 16:5-7, 18:20, 19:1-6

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